Jamila Mohamed

August 27, 2026 11:55 (EAT) • 9 hours ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Hate speech meets empty words

Then our institutions respond. “We are warning politicians... Stern action will be taken... Those found culpable will face the law... We will not tolerate...” Haki, surely! How many warnings do politicians need?

July 23, 2026 11:47 (EAT) • 1 month ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Do leaders ever listen?

I have listened to many speeches this week. Campaign speeches. Development speeches. Political speeches. Promises are made. Big promises. Economic transformation. Industrialisation. Mega projects.And as I listened, one question kept coming back to me: Is that really what the people are asking f...

July 02, 2026 11:55 (EAT) • 1 month ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Deny, deny, deny!

How far are we willing to go denying everything? Even the obvious? Even what has been recorded or has been seen? Even what has evidence kwa kalatas? Because that is where we are now. We no longer deny only what is hidden. We deny what is in broad daylight.

June 25, 2026 11:49 (EAT) • 2 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Wantam, Tutam - London lessons

In Kenya, we have become obsessed with how long leaders should stay in office. But the United Kingdom offers a little shock therapy for Kenyan politicians.By the time we finish arguing about Wantam and Tutam, Britain has already changed another Prime Minister.

June 18, 2026 11:57 (EAT) • 2 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Value of human life - Have we become numb to death?

When I look around, I increasingly find myself asking whether we have become numb to death. Whether we have become so accustomed to tragedy that what should shock us no longer does.If a society truly values human life, the loss of even one life should matter.

June 04, 2026 11:40 (EAT) • 2 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: No trust, then what

The uproar over the proposed Ebola quarantine facility in Laikipia is perhaps the latest and clearest example of the widening trust deficit between government and the people it governs.

May 28, 2026 11:51 (EAT) • 2 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Siasa bila break

Fuel prices go up? Politics. Cost of living crisis? Politics. Public anger? Politics. Transport paralysis? Politics. Every single day there is a rally somewhere. Every weekend there are several. Convoys moving. Microphones screaming. Leaders sweating on top of cars promising a better future....

May 15, 2026 12:10 (EAT) • 3 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Budget numbers vs reality

This week, the Finance Bill 2026 was published, and almost immediately, questions began emerging from the public.

May 07, 2026 11:58 (EAT) • 3 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Don’t lie to children

Parents were told: take your children to school. No fees? No problem. No uniforms? Still no problem. Government, they said, would handle the rest.Schools are saying they never received any government funding. No commitment. No arrangement. Not even a follow-up call.

April 30, 2026 11:56 (EAT) • 3 months ago

JAMILA'S MEMO: Of misplaced energies and priorities

Take a look at our key sectors. Education is under pressure. Healthcare is stretched, and the cost of living continues to weigh heavily on wananchi.So when those in power begin to operate in campaign mode this early, it raises a deeper concern: at what point is the governing going to happen? Because...